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  1. The forum and #Byzantine fort in #Madauros in #Algeria. It had been made a #Roman colony for veterans in the first century during the reign of the Emperor Nerva.
    The town was the birthplace in 124AD of the Numidian #Apuleius who wrote the only #Latin Roman novel, "The Golden Ass" or "Metamorphoses", to survive fully intact. He also coined the proverb "familiarity breeds contempt."
    Saint #Augustine of Hippo studied there in the 4th century.

    #Numidia #Rome #ancienthistory #histodons #classics